Example sentences of "be at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure someone like Graeme Souness at Liverpool feels like I do when our teams lose , but expectations change when you 're at the top compared to the bottom . |
| 2 | So the big the thing that 's providing everything , you take the petrol out , you wo n't go unless you 're at the top of a hill , of course because it can |
| 3 | When you 're at the top it 's the best job in the world — when you 're bottom a football manager 's lot is not a happy one . |
| 4 | Yeah erm go to , when you 're at the top of the stairs first on the right . |
| 5 | I 'm at the top of Hornby Street one night/early morning . |
| 6 | And for someone in my position to make a jump from one thing to another and to be feeling better than I 've felt in ten years , feeling like I 'm at the top of my game creatively at the moment , must mean that I 've grown in the making of this album . |
| 7 | ‘ When we had ascended a little more than half-way , I was much afraid we should have been doomed to return , on account of the masses of rock , over which we had to climb , beginning to increase in size ; we knew , however , that a descent would have been attended with infinite danger , and being urged on partly by eagerness in our pursuit , but more from a desire to be at the top , we determined to brave every difficulty . |
| 8 | In fact it is downright unfriendly and I was very pleased to be at the top . |
| 9 | Some of the other letters in the box ( the typed ones ) were much less elegant , and seemed to have come from strangers ; they contained advice of a different sort , instructions about where to get sex and how much to pay for it if necessary , often these were just plain filth like I 'd like to do this to you and then I 'd like to do that to you , be at the top of the park in your grey school trousers and I 'll show you what a real man can do for you . |
| 10 | When I write my diary for the year my starter course at the Fermette Marboeuf will be at the top of my list of outstanding dishes . |
| 11 | To be the best in the world and to be at the top for a long time . |
| 12 | And if the controls were to be positioned as on the 650 , the volumes , not the tones , should really be at the top . |
| 13 | But despite Roebuck 's tip the Wallaby fullback is sure to be at the top of the list when Dwyer and his fellow selectors sit down to choose the first Test team to play Scotland in June . |
| 14 | One of the Penge termini was to be at the top of Anerley Hill , by the Crystal Palace , then in use as a large exhibition centre , which it was hoped would attract much traffic to the trams . |
| 15 | A person of ‘ quality ’ — such as a member of the landed gentry or the clergy — would be at the top of their scale , commanding a funeral similar to that organized by the College of Arms for a knight bachelor , with paupers and wayfarers coming in at the bottom . |
| 16 | The Trap somehow appeared at the easiest end of the HVS graded list ; it should be at the top ! |
| 17 | Borders can be at the top , middle or bottom of a wall . |
| 18 | If we believe that words can be ‘ reclaimed ’ , then woman ought to be at the top of the list . |
| 19 | After the two had left , Thomas confided to Thornton that he found it quite extraordinary that these two people , who were so naive and inexperienced , could be at the top of what was supposed to be a concrete business proposal . |
| 20 | Consistent ball bounce , non slip surface , quick drying surface , all year round playability , easy on the legs , low maintenance , would all be at the top of any aspiring club champion 's list of requirements . |
| 21 | The answer is : those that happened to be at the top of Craig 's sub-parcel . |
| 22 | Course outline I think we 're all agreed , should be at the top er , that is important we 've now agreed a heading and comment we 've got a e enough agreement that says that , it will be just called comment , but guidelines will need to be produced to go to staff erm |
| 23 | It must be marvellous to be an instrumentalist or a singer good enough to hold an audience in your spell , like Maria Callas or Yehudi Menuhin. but I would have had to be at the top , not just scraping along . |
| 24 | She had one advantage over him ; he had only a general idea of which shops would interest Garry and his ‘ Mrs Smith ’ , but Claudia knew Dana would make straight for the most exclusive dress shops , and luckily Claudia had a very good idea which one would be at the top of her list . |
| 25 | Any set of questions which allowed most people to be at the top , and only a few further down , would be rejected as useless , because it did n't ‘ discriminate ’ ( to use the pseudo-scientific jargon ) . |
| 26 | Erm the views of the er of the subcommittee are that that this does appear to be er perhaps a practical solution er and at the moment , er we are looking to erm make some of the spaces , certainly in the Church Street car park erm short term , I E two hours , certainly so the people who are who are making shopping visits , or visits to the banks et cetera would get the lower car park and the the people who are staying for a longer time would be at the top . |
| 27 | that , that , as a result of that we could be , Leicester City could be at the top of the first division , I know the Chairman follows the Philbert Street Foxes , I would hope that this chamber will support the Leicestershire foxes when it 's time to take our vote . |
| 28 | The national coach 's belief is that at the next meeting of the SFA 's International Committee the question of how club is currently strangling country has to be at the top of the agenda . |
| 29 | He did not believe that council reform should be at the top of the list of problems to be dealt with in Scotland . |
| 30 | They tend to be at the top and then there 's sort of little bits and pieces go at the bottom . |